Period music will be performed on the glass harmonica, hammered dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy and pennywhistle.

Festival goers can purchase Renaissance-period crafts, as well as the ever-popular giant roasted turkey legs.

Everyone is invited to come dressed in period attire. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 22 and noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 23.

A special exhibit by the Shoals Artists Guild will be on display at the Kennedy-Douglass Art Center located at 217 E Tuscaloosa St.

Florence, Alabama, was designed by Italian surveyor Ferdinand Sannoner in 1818. When he was given permission to name the new Alabama town, he chose Florence as a tribute to his favorite Italian city by the same name.